BRANDON: TURNING TO MORE BREAKING NEWS. A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED IN A CRASH THAT LEFT TWO PEOPLE DEAD IN DAVIDSON COUNTY. 21-YEAR-OLD PEDRO TORRES IS CHARGED WITH MISDEMEANOR DEATH BY MOTOR VEHICLE. AUTHORITIES SAY HE WAS DRIVING A JEEP THAT CRASHED HEAD-ON INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE ON HIGHWAY 49 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. ONE OTHER PERSON WAS HURT IN THE CRASH. THE VICTIMS IDENTITIES

State Highway Patrol says a driver is charged in a deadly crash in Davidson County on Tuesday.Authorities say Pedro Torres, 21, is charged with death by motor vehicle.Officials say two people died on North Carolina Highway 49 in a two-car crash. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, it happened just before 12:30 p.m., south of Highway 8 in Davidson County on Tuesday.Investigators said a Jeep was traveling north on the highway, when the vehicle went left of center and crashed head-on into another vehicle that was traveling south on NC-49.

DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. —

State Highway Patrol says a driver is charged in a deadly crash in Davidson County on Tuesday.

Authorities say Pedro Torres, 21, is charged with death by motor vehicle.

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Officials say two people died on North Carolina Highway 49 in a two-car crash. According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, it happened just before 12:30 p.m., south of Highway 8 in Davidson County on Tuesday.

Investigators said a Jeep was traveling north on the highway, when the vehicle went left of center and crashed head-on into another vehicle that was traveling south on NC-49.